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gregoryhouse

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  1. hey behavioral, I might need some of your insights again. I have been admitted to a 12months MAecon program. I asked two prof.s in management and marketing dept respectively at my current school, and to my surprise, they both thought the MAecon program is better than MS applied stat, on the basis that it's more quantitatively rigorous (which surprises me) and it's more close to business (which I understand). My concern is that 1) wouldn't 12month be too short to a) solidify econ content knowledge and quant skill, and (b-) to prepare application to phd's ? and 2) why would MAecon be quant'ly more rigorous than MS in applied stat? also, one of the prof's suggested that if it was ob/cb i was shooting for, then I should take master's in psych. what i take from that is, maybe MS in applied stat is a bit "overqualified" quant or tool wise to do for phd in ob/cb meanwhile "less qualified" content knowledge wise? And for strategy or modeling, the quant skill in MAecon may fit better than stat? Any comment/input appreciated!
  2. it's very thorough and certainly helpful. Thanks for the contribution!
  3. Thanks Behavioral for all the information. Your background is astounding (to me)! Questions: I wonder how strong quant background is necessary/expected if i were looking at management(strategy) and marketing (modeling/quant) that you mentioned? Would applied math make me more quantitatively adequate than applied stat? I know if I were looking at something like operation research I should probably go into math but not sure about these two. I have heard people saying biz schools ranked after 20 do not worth going to for a phd degree, although this certainly is not your concern, what's your opinion on such comment? (feeling like i were some kinda reporter...) Last question, is application to strategy or modeling/quant less competitive than OB or CB? I have the feeling that the latter two are somewhat more popular (maybe due to their psych flavor??). Good luck in your grad life!
  4. hey folks, I wonder what sorts of background is expected? I'm graduating with BA in psych and am going to do a MS in applied stat, with final goal of getting into Phd in either management or marketing. My undergrad gpa isn't really ideal (3.12) tho I have a publication completely unrelated to biz (it's on motion and perception). Oh and I took the GRE and got 690verbal+780math+3.0 Given these, I'm planning to do MS so that I can fresh up my gpa as well as laying some foundation on quantitative skills. I'll try to get into business research works and interns available during masters as well. But what else you guys may suggest me to do (to get into a decent biz phd program)?
  5. Just realized we actually have a biz forum here right after I finished posting. I probably should've checked there before I ask in here. But still, you guys know the math and stat stuff!
  6. I could really use some help here, I'm having quite a headache in making choices. So I studied psych for undegrad with a specialization in stat. Now the new plan is, instead of going to one of the psych phd programs I've been accepted, to get into a phd program in business - psych related fields such as management or marketing. Reasons including: likely more money; more flexible career options. I have been accepted to applied math, applied stat, and a masters in econ as well, so the questions are: 1) would applied stat/math be more useful in getting me admitted AND laying a good foundation to complete PhD degree in biz than the ma degree in econ? 2) but which one, applied stat or applied math? as far as I know (after checking out a couple b-school phd course requirments and hearing from ppl in some of those programs), it seems phd in management/marketing requires mostly stat not math, while operation research/finance(/maybe acc?) requires more math. So in my case, I should be going to applied stat undoubtedly? 3) which is harder? I personally found 100-200 undergrad math more comprehensible than 200 or up stat (don't have 100 level stat here), but maybe that's a result of not taking theoretical courses on stat and jumping to the applied part (which makes stat no more meaningful than bunch of tests)? Never taken anything higher than 200 in math and no higher than 300 in stat so don't know what the trend is gonna be like for me. But most ppl I asked went for "the higher, math is harder for sure". 4) do anyone know anything about phd in biz? i heard there's shortage of biz professors in these years but more and more ppl are going in for phd in biz and there's at least 5 yrs ahead before I'll be on the market, maybe then there's gonna be a surplus? I appreciate any inputs/insights !! Enlighten me!
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